Full cast announced joining West End lead actors Collette Guitart and Tobias Turley
in the UK premiere of the Off-Broadway hit musical
Owen Arkrow, Danny Colligan, Charley Robbie,
Millie Robins, Nathan Shaw, Thomas Sutcliffe,
Danny Whelan, Mark Willshire, Ollie Wray
Marylebone Theatre
Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 6XT
Thursday 27 February – Sunday 13 April
Meet the full cast joining West End stars Colette Guitart and Tobias Turley for the UK premiere of the Off-Broadway hit, White Rose: The Musical:
Collette Guitart (Sophie) was the alternate lead in Why Am I So Single? at the Garrick Theatre and previously she played Maria in Just for One Day (Old Vic). Other credits include SIX, &Juliet and Bat Out of Hell (West End), and Rock Follies (Chichester Festival Theatre).
Tobias Turley (Hans) won the lead role of Sky in the West End production of Mamma Mia! on ITV’s Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream. Named one of HELLO Magazine’s Rising Stars 2024, his other credits include Kurt Kelly in Heathers the Musical (Other Palace), and Diesel in West Side Story (Ljubljana Festival).
Owen Arkrow (Willi) is a recent graduate of Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He made his professional debut in [title of show] (Phoenix Arts Club).
Danny Colligan (Max) played Billy Kostecki in Dirty Dancing, Elder Davis in Book of Mormon and was Joly/1st Cover Marius in Les Miserables (all West End). He was most recently Ron Williams in Cable Street (Southwark Playhouse).
Charley Robbie (Lila) is a recent graduate of Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, making her professional London debut.
Millie Robins (covers all female roles) recently played the lead Victoria in the world premiere of the musical Toys and Sally Brown in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (both Upstairs at the Gatehouse).
Nathan Shaw (covers all male roles) recently appeared in The Rocky Horror Show (UK & International Tour) as swing u/s Riff Raff, Brad, Rocky & Dr Scott.
Thomas Sutcliffe (Karl) recently appeared in the West End as John Carpenter/Martyn Ware/1st Cover Phil Spector in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical and Neil Kellerman in Dirty Dancing.
Danny Whelan (Christoph) recently played Craig in the UK tour of An Officer and a Gentleman. He was Ledoux in the UK tour of Bat Out Of Hell The Musical and a GI in Miss Saigon (Sheffield Crucible).
Mark Willshire (Kurt Huber) was seen in the West End in Waitress, The Bodyguard and Ghost.
Ollie Wray (Frederick) has just played Swing/Cover Marius, Enjolras, Grantaire/Fight Captain in the West End production of Les Miserables.
Having received its Off Broadway premiere earlier this year, White Rose: The Musical has book & lyrics by Brian Belding, music by Natalie Brice, with direction by Will Nunziata. It will get its UK premiere as the first musical staged at London’s Marylebone Theatre, 27 February – 13 April.
White Rose: The Musical is based upon the inspiring true story of a small group of university students in Munich, Germany, who secretly met to write, print and distribute leaflets exposing Hitler’s lies and Nazi deception. Their courage in the face of tyrany would ultimately lead to them paying the supreme sacrifice.
Sophie Scholl arrives in Munich to join her brother, Hans, and study at university. Inspired by a rebellious professor, Sophie and Hans form a small group of students to resist Nazi rule and doctrine. In passionate and articulate leaflets – printed in secret – the White Rose resistance group provides instructions for passive resistance and, ultimately, sabotage. Sophie is passionate, impulsive and bold… dangerous traits in Hitler’s Germany….
Creative team:
Director Will Nunziata
Musical Director Caitlin Morgan
Assistant Musical Director Livs Needham
Orchestrator Paul Schofield
Creator, Book Writer and Lyricist Brian Belding
Composer Natalie Brice
Lighting Designer Alex Musgrave
Sound Designer Dan Samson
Set Designer Justin Williams
Costume Designer/Supervisor TBC
Casting Director Harry Blumenau CDG
Produced by Produced by Sam Houlihan, Sam Biondolillo, and JLWN Productions
Executive Producer/General Management Thomas Hopkins Productions
Brian Belding – Creator, Book Writer and Lyricist ..
San Francisco and NYC-based playwright and lyricist Brian Belding combined his love of musical theatre and resistance movements to create White Rose: The Musical. After successful industry presentations in May and October 2022, the musical is currently being developed in New York with a Broadway creative and production team. A proud member of the Dramatists Guild, Belding taught high school history in the San Francisco Bay Area for 20 years before becoming a full-time writer for the theatre.
Natalie Brice – Composer
Natalie is a musician with the tenacity for bringing original work to life. She recently music directed the new musical Happily Even After with performances in California and a run at Don’t Tell Mama NYC. In 2020, Natalie Music directed Hell On Earth, a new musical performed at 54 Below featuring Laurie Metcalf and Anthony Rosenthal. She was the music director and pianist on Asher Child, an original musical in California. She wrote, composed, and co-directed the musical film Go With Me in 2019. For White Rose: The Musical, she is committed to musically encapsulating the camaraderie, youth, adrenaline, celebration, and heart of the resistance group.
Will Nunziata – Director
Will is a NYC-based award-winning director, writer, and creator of theatre, concerts, television, and film. Film: The Old Guitarist (Writer, Director). Awards: London Movie Awards (Best Short Film, Best Director), New York Movie Awards (Best First Time Director of a Short), Paris Film Awards (Best First Time Director of a Short), among others. Film: Lillith (Winner of Best Original Screenplay, 2023 Hollywood Blood Horror Festival and Winner of Best Horror Screenplay, 2024 New York Screenplay Competition). Theatre: Figaro: An Original Musical (Director, Co-Book Writer, Co-Creator – The London Palladium 2025), White Rose: The Musical (Director – Off-Broadway 2024, Marylebone UK 2025), Faygele: A New Play (Director – King’s Head Theatre UK 2025). In development: Van Gogh: An Original Musical (Co-Creator, Director), An Entirely Ordinary Town: A New Musical (Director), By The End Of Tonight: A New Play (Director), Little Black Book: A New Musical (Co-Creator), The Waves: A New Opera (Librettist), Miss Peggy Lee (Director, Writer, Co-Creator) starring Tony Award winner Cady Huffman; Award: Broadway World Best Director. Concerts: Will has written and directed shows for Tony Award winner Lillias White, Platinum recording artist Jackie Evancho, Soul Train Award winner Nicole Henry, and Grammy Award nominee Clint Holmes, to name a few. For 20 years Will performed professionally, singing across the country and around the world with his twin brother, singer-songwriter Anthony Nunziata, culminating in co-headlining Carnegie Hall with the NY Pops Symphony Orchestra. Will is a proud graduate of Boston College and a member of the Stage Directors & Choreographers Union. For more, please visit www.WillNunziata.com and @willnunzofficial on Instagram.
LISTINGS INFO
White Rose The Musical
Book & Lyrics by Brian Belding
Music by Natalie Brice
Director Will Nunziata
Thursday 27 February – Sunday 13 April
Marylebone Theatre
Rudolf Steiner House
35 Park Road
London NW1 6XT
Box office: 02077237984
Performances:
Wednesday – Saturday at 7:30pm
Thursday & Saturday at 2:30pm
Sunday at 1pm and 5pm
Tickets from £25
£2.25 Booking Fee on all tickets
Previews: all seats 50% discount
Running time:
2 hour 15 mins
Age recommendation 10+
Content warning: This performance contains the use of prop weaponry and explores mature themes relating to armed conflict, including violence and its impacts.
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